Episodes

  • Book(s) Of The Week - Bubbles, Benedictine Monks and Aeroplanes

    Book(s) Of The Week - Bubbles, Benedictine Monks and Aeroplanes
    Jun 27 2026
    3 books. Oh! How I am spoiling you
    Something for everyone here.
    Although everyone appeared to be out.when I tried to deliver.
    Contact the office.

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    3 mins
  • Oscar Wilde - The Canterville Ghost

    Oscar Wilde - The Canterville Ghost
    Jun 23 2026
    "The Canterville Ghost" is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887. The story is about an American family who moved to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead English nobleman, who killed his wife and was then walled in and starved to death by his wife's brothers.

    It's not great but it's okay as a read. The book is fantastic.

    I did this in several chunks and had a cold at the start which accounts for the change in timbre in various places.



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    32 mins
  • Book of the Week - the Romance of Proctology

    Book of the Week - the Romance of Proctology
    Jun 20 2026
    The romance is there. you just have to look in the right place..

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    1 min
  • Dylan Thomas - The old lady upstairs

    Dylan Thomas - The old lady upstairs
    Jun 16 2026
    A tale of greed, murder and madness.

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    8 mins
  • Book of the Week - Searching for Railway Telegraph Insulators

    Book of the Week - Searching for Railway Telegraph Insulators
    Jun 13 2026
    Have YOU ever wanted a Railway Telegraph Insulator but been unable to satisfy that craving?

    Interesting review
    Despite the title this is not a joke book. The author is serious about his passion. Indeed in the preface he explains that he couldn't understand why he could not find a girl friend when he was a young man. This book has become a cult classic and becoming quite hard to obtain therefore likely to become a collectors item if there are no reprints

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    1 min
  • George Carlin - Book Club

    George Carlin - Book Club
    Jun 11 2026
    This is from an album called 'A Place for My Stuff'.

    George Carlin was one of the best comedians of all time.

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    3 mins
  • Steve Martin - A Public Apology

    Steve Martin - A Public Apology
    Jun 9 2026
    This is from Pure Drivel, which is a excellent set of monologues and short form pieces by Steve Martin.

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    5 mins
  • Book of the Week: Truncheons - Their Romance and Reality

    Book of the Week: Truncheons - Their Romance and Reality
    Jun 6 2026
    Who doesn't like a nice, big truncheon?

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    2 mins